Riverton Corporation, Blair Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,889
proposed penalties
$7,829
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 545 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Riverton Corporation, Blair Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2008-01-10, 18 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2008-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.83
0.17
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-04-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2006-04-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
1.7
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
2.41
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2005-07-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.97
0.18
Truck Driver
2002-08-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Riverton Corporation, Blair Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In West Virginia, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.66 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
9.00
9.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
9
2007
9
2006
9
2005
9
2004
6
2003
8
2002
9
2001
9
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Riverton Corporation, Blair Plant sits in Berkeley County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Berkeley County, West Virginia · Population 126,165
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,329
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4
2,312
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,150
2
0
481.9
2008 Q2
4,599
5
0
1087.2
2008 Q1
4,877
9
1
1845.4
2007 Q4
4,425
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,894
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,499
1
0
222.3
2007 Q1
4,253
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
3,886
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,244
4
0
942.5
2006 Q2
4,451
1
0
224.7
2006 Q1
4,388
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,034
2
1
495.8
2005 Q3
4,626
1
0
216.2
2005 Q2
5,083
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,393
19
3
4325.1
2004 Q4
4,532
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,333
7
0
3000.4
2004 Q2
3,117
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,594
2
0
771.0
2003 Q4
2,753
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,483
4
1
1148.4
2003 Q2
5,263
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,270
4
0
759.0
2002 Q4
5,897
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,823
2
0
343.5
2002 Q2
5,350
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,879
8
3
1163.0
2001 Q4
5,686
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,836
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,657
5
1
883.9
2001 Q1
6,389
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,910
1
0
169.2
2000 Q3
6,885
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,268
2
2
468.6
2000 Q1
5,159
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
April 26, 2004WV · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE parked the wheel loader he was operating at the shop to repair damaged hose. EE descended down the loader ladder too fast and slipped on the last step about 20 inches off the ground. EE jumped back and landed on his back. Weather conditions were rainy.
EE DUMPED LOAD OF STONE WITH HAUL TRUCK BESIDE STOCKPILE. WITHOUT FULLY LOWERING TRUCK BED, EE TRAVELED APPROX 400 FEET TOWARDS AN UNDERPASS. TRUCK BED CAME IN CONTACT WITH OVERPASS, CAUSING EE TO BE JOLTED IN CAB. EE HAD CUTS TO L. WRIST, L. HAND & UNDER LIP ON CHIN AND LOWER GUM; NICKS ABOVE R. EYE & R. EAR; TWO CHIPPED TEETH.
3 STITCHES REQUIRED EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE AT STONE PROCESSING PLANT CHANGING WIRE MESH SCREENS ON THE VIBRATING SCREEN. EE TRIED TO HANDLE ONE SCREEN CLOTH BY HIMSELF RATHER THEN GET THE OTHER EE'S HELP. SCREEN CLOTH CUT EE ABOVE LEFT EYE.
2001 · 1 incident
June 25, 2001WV · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS IN3PROCESS OF REMOVING A PIECE OF AIR TRACK STEEL AND BIT APP 12" LONG FROM MUCK PILE 6' HIGH. PIECE OF MUD BROKE LOOSE FROM PILE. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP MUD WITH LEFT HAND CAUSIN G LACERATION RI3G FINGER.
July 16, 1987WV · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE HELPING T2 TIGHTEN BOLTS ON FRONT END LOADER,THE WRENCH SLIPPED STRIKING THE EMP EMPLOYEE ACROSS CHEST,CAUSING FRACTURE OF RIB RIGHT SIDE.
1986 · 1 incident
September 30, 1986WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS ON3TOP OF 275 LOADER GREASING PINS WHEN GETTING DOWN FROM LOADER HISFEET SLIPPED ON THE GR EASE & OR CAUSING HIM T O FALL STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF BODY ON CROSS MEMBER
WHILE REMOVING AN APPROX 40 LB BAG OF AGGRATE SAMPLE FROM A PICKUP THE BAG SLIPPED AND BEGAN TO FALL TEH EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH THE BAG THE STRAIN OF TRYING TO STOP THE BAG RESULTED IN A LO LOWER BACK STRAIN
January 7, 1985WV · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
Riverton Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE OPENED THE DOOR OF THE LOADER & TALKED TO THE SUPERVISOR & THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS FINGER TIP.
I.NAME WAS INSTALLING DRIVE BELTS ON JAW CRUSHER STANDING ON PITMAN OF CRUSHER REACHING OVER FLYWHEEL OF CRUCHER AND LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON GREASE - STRAINED HIS BACK
1983 · 2 incidents
November 7, 1983WV · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY
EMPL STARTED AIR COMPRESSOR TO START DRILL.AIR COMP STARTED TO CUT OFF.EMPL OPENED AIR DRAIN VALVE WITH ONE HAND ON VALVE AND OTHER HAND ON DRAIN HOSE.DRAIN HOSE COATED WITH ICE, HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF EMPL HAND HITTING EMPL ON RIGHT SHOULDER.